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quartal, a. Mus.|ˈkwɔːtəl| [f. L. quartus fourth + -al.] Of a harmony: based on the interval of the fourth.
1937Musical Q. XXIII. 178 Once we make our choice in favour of quartal harmony, we must be ready to accept all the logical consequences. 1938J. Yasser Mediæval Quartal Harmony iii. 87 Unlimited freedom in unison and octave parallelism turned out to be one of the greatest obstacles to completing the rationalization of the quartal harmonic system. 1944W. Apel Harvard Dict. Mus. 619/1 Quartal harmonies have been recommended to replace tertian harmonies in harmonizations of Gregorian chant. 1955A. Hughes in New Oxf. Hist. Mus. (rev. ed.) II. 329 The two-part version of Brit. Mus. Harl. 524 seems to have been written in ‘quartal’ harmony, i.e. harmony based on the fourth as the most important interval. 1970W. Apel Harvard Dict. Mus. (ed. 2) 6/2 Attempts have been made to replace this style with..archaic idioms such as quartal harmonies or parallel organum. |